Parish Church in Williamsburg, commissary of the Bishop of London in Virginia, and a member of the Royal Council of Virginia. His small vocal group of Anglican clergy continued resistance to secular authority. A literary battle to which Camm lent his pen was waged in the Virginia Gazette in 1771–1774, and this dispute on the episcopate was lost, from the point of view of the established church in America. Camm's outspoken Tory views did not require him to preach with pistols on his pulpit, as did his friend Jonathan Boucher. He died quietly in late 1778. Legacy During his career Camm wrote three lengthy pamphlets, a number of addresses to the King, several dozen essays to the gazettes, and some scattered poetry. He was an indefatigable letter writer, and his correspondence reflects the major debates of more than thirty years in Virginia. His contribution to American Revolutionary debates was to state cogently the minority viewpoint of Virginia Loyalists. Camm Hall at the college's campus adjacent to Colonial Williamsburg is named in his honor. References External links John Camm material, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary. John Camm at Encyclopedia Virginia Presidents of the College of William & Mary 1718 births 1778 deaths People from Hornsea English emigrants Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Virginia colonial people Loyalists in the American Revolution from Virginia 18th-century Anglican theologians